The list of ship launches in 1930 includes a chronological list of notable ships launched in 1930.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
11 January  Sweden Öresundsvarvet Landskrona Belgia Passenger ship For F Sternhagen – "Gotha Line"
17 January  United Kingdom Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. Birkenhead Prince Henry Cargo ship For Canadian National Steamship Company.[1]
12 February  United Kingdom Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Co Ltd Wallsend Folkestone Hastings-class sloop For Royal Navy[2]
14 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast William Wilberforce Cargo ship For British & African Steamship Co.[3]
28 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Genova Cargo ship For Argentine Navigation Co.[4]
12 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Baron Napier Cargo ship For H. Hogarth & Sons.[5]
18 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Silvercypress Cargo ship For Silver Line.[6]
27 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Edward Blyden Cargo ship For British & African Steamship Co.[7]
27 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Macgregor Laird Cargo ship For British & African Steamship Co.[8]
1 March  United Kingdom Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd Ardrossan Waimarino Cargo ship For Union Steamship Company of New Zealand Ltd. Wellington
4 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Innisfallen Ferry For City of Cork Steam Packet Co.
5 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Celedonia Lighter For Argentine Navigatio Co.[9]
14 March  United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd Wallsend Scarborough Hastings-class sloop For Royal Navy[2]
17 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Baron Erskine Cargo ship For H. Hogarth & Sons.[10]
18 March  United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston, Hampshire Acheron A-class destroyer For Royal Navy[11]
19 March  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Aras Yacht
March  United States New York Shipbuilding Corporation New York City Santa Clara Passenger ship For Grace Steamship Company
10 April  United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Chicago Northampton-class cruiser For United States Navy
10 April  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Plymouth Hastings Hastings-class sloop For Royal Navy[2]
10 April  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Plymouth Penzance Hastings-class sloop For Royal Navy[2]
10 April  Germany Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg Schürbek Cargo ship For Knöhr & Burchardt .
12 April  France Chantiers Dubigeon Nantes Phénix Redoutable-class submarine For French Navy
15 April  United Kingdom Lithgows Port Glasgow Atheltemplar Tanker For United Molasses Co Ltd
15 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Silverwalnut Cargo ship For Silver Line.[12]
27 April  Italy Alberto di Giussano Condottieri-class cruiser For Regia Marina
27 April  Italy O.T.O. La Spezia Zara Zara-class cruiser For Regia Marina
28 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Prestatyn Rose Cargo ship For Richard Hughes & Co.[13]
29 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Alfred Jones Cargo ship For British & African Steamship Co.[14]
29 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Warwick Castle Passenger ship For Union-Castle Line.[15]
8 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Hamburgo Cargo ship For Argentine Navigation Co.[16]
12 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Anglesea Rose Cargo ship For Richard Hughes & Co.[17]
12 May  Japan Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Yokosuka Takao Takao-class cruiser For Imperial Japanese Navy
12 May  Japan Maizuru Naval Arsenal Maizuru, Kyoto Yūgiri Fubuki-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy
12 May  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Hindustan Hastings-class sloop For Royal Indian Marine[18]
15 May  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Oriente Ocean liner For New York and Cuba Mail and Steamship Co
27 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Ebano Asphalt carrier For Ebano Oil Co.[19]
28 May  France Arsenal de Brest Brest Achille Redoutable-class submarine For French Navy
29 May  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn Blanche B-class destroyer
29 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Silverteak Cargo ship For Silver Line.[20]
30 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Medoc Cargo ship For Worms & Cie.[21]
5 June  United Kingdom Furness Shipbuilding Haverton Hill-on-Tees Edenhurst cargo ship For Hartlepool Steamship Co
12 June  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Foylebank Cargo ship For Bank Line.
12 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Pomerol Cargo ship For Worms & Cie.[22]
16 June  Japan Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Yokosuka Atago Takao-class cruiser For Imperial Japanese Navy
26 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Guayra Ferry For Argentine Navigation Co.[23]
26 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Silversandal Cargo ship For Silver Line.[24]
28 June  France Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire Pégase Redoutable-class submarine For French Navy
30 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Ciudad de Corrientes Cargo ship For Argentine Navigation Co.[25]
June  Germany Schiffswerft von Henry Koch AG Lübeck Jakob Goldschmidt Fishing trawler For Hochseefischerei J. Wieting AG
1 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast San Antonio Cargo ship For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.[26]
2 July  Finland Sandvikens Skeppsdocka och Mekaniska Verkstad Helsinki Saukko Submarine For Suomen Merivoimat
10 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Chateau Larose Cargo ship For Worms & Cie.[27]
10 July  United Kingdom Vickers Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness Keith B-class destroyer flotilla leader [28]
10 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Laganbank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[29]
11 July Canada Canada John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston, Hampshire Saguenay Canadian River-class destroyer For Royal Canadian Navy
18 July  United Kingdom Palmer's Jarrow Boreas B-class destroyer
25 July  United Kingdom Palmer's Hebburn Brazen B-class destroyer
26 July  Germany Nobiskrug Rendsburg Wilfred Cargo schooner
30 July  United Kingdom Smiths Dock Co Ltd Middlesbrough Svana Trawler For Christian Salvesen & Co Ltd
6 August  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Basilisk B-class destroyer For Royal Navy[28]
11 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Chateau Pavie Cargo ship For Worms & Cie.[30]
14 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast San Diego Cargo ship For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.[31]
23 August  Italy Alberico da Barbiano Condottieri-class cruiser For Regia Marina
23 August  United Kingdom Cook, Welton & Gemmell Beverley Firefly Trawler For St Andrews Steam Fishing Co Ltd
26 August  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Athelfoam Tanker molasses For United Molasses Co. Ltd. Liverpool
26 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Ganges Cargo ship For Nourse Line.[32]
1 September  United States Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton, Washington Louisville Northampton-class cruiser For United States Navy
6 September  France Chantiers Navals Français Blainville-sur-Orne, Caen Archimède Redoutable-class submarine For French Navy
11 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast San Francisco Cargo ship For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.[33]
17 September  Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Monte Pascoal Monte-class ocean liner For Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft
23 September  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn Boadicea B-class destroyer
23 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Reina del Pacifico Passenger ship For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.
24 September  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Athelbeach Tanker molasses For United Molasses Co. Ltd. Liverpool
25 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Maurice Rose Cargo ship For Richard Hughes & Co.[34]
29 September  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Beagle B-class destroyer
9 October  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Tyne and Wear Brilliant B-class destroyer
9 October  France Arsenal de Brest Brest Dupleix Suffren-class cruiser For Marine Nationale
9 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Somali Cargo ship For Hain Shipping Co.[35]
10 October Canada Canada John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston, Hampshire Skeena Canadian River-class destroyer For Royal Canadian Navy
14 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Dennis Rose Cargo ship For Richard Hughes & Co.[36]
18 October  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Trudione Yacht
22 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Cuidad de Concepcion Ferry For Argentine Navigation Co.[37]
23 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast San Jose Cargo ship For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.[38]
4 November  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Plymouth Fowey Shoreham-class sloop For Royal Navy[39]
6 November  France Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire St Nazaire Georges Philippar Ocean liner For Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes
8 November  Japan Sasebo Naval Arsenal Sasebo, Nagasaki Oboro Fubuki-class destroyer For Imperial Japanese Navy
20 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast San Mateo Cargo ship For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.[40]
22 November  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham Shoreham Shoreham-class sloop For Royal Navy[39]
4 December  Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Monte Rosa Monte-class ocean liner For Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft.[41]
6 December  United Kingdom Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd Wallsend Bulldog B-class destroyer For Royal Navy[28]
19 December  United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited Greenock Ajax cargo ship For Ocean Steamship Co. Ltd
10 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Rockabill Coaster For Clyde Shipping Co.[42]
20 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast San Pedro Cargo ship For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.[43]
Date unknown  Germany Flensburger Schiff- Gesellschaft. Flensburg Adele Traber Cargo ship For W. Traber & Co.[44]
Date unknown  United States Mathis Yacht Building Company Camden, New Jersey Armina Yacht
Date unknown  Germany Schiffswerft J. Frerichs & Co Einswarden August Wriedt Fishing trawler For Nordsee Deutsche Hochseefisherei
Unknown date  United Kingdom Charles Connell & Co Ltd Glasgow Benlawers Cargo ship For Ben Line.[45]
Date unknown  United States Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp New York City Elda Yacht
Date unknown  Germany Deutsche Werft. Hamburg Elsa Essberger Tanker For J. T. Essberger.[46]
Date unknown  Germany Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft Kiel Etak Schooner
Date unknown  Germany Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Wesermünde Fritz Homann Fishing trawler For Grundmann & Gröschel
Date unknown  Italy Gorizia Zara-class cruiser For Regia Marina
Date unknown  United Kingdom Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. Sunderland Harmonic Cargo ship For J. & C. Harrison.[47]
Date unknown  United Kingdom Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. Sunderland Harmattan Cargo ship For J. & C. Harrison.[47]
Date unknown  United Kingdom Bartram & Sons Ltd. Sunderland Harpenden Cargo ship For National Steamship Co.[48]
Date unknown  Germany Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Wesermünde Hinrich Freese Fishing trawler For Hanseatische Hochseefisherei AG
Date unknown  United States Herreshoff Manufacturing Co Bristol, Rhode Island Katoura Yacht
Date unknown  Germany Flensburger Schiff- Gesellschaft. Flensburg Lipari Cargo ship For R. M. Sloman.[49]
Date unknown  United Kingdom Northumberland Shipbuilding Company Howdon Margariti Cargo ship For Constantine Group
Date unknown  United Kingdom Saunders-Roe Cowes Miss England II Racing monohull hydroplane For Kaye Don
Date unknown  Germany Howaldtswerke Kiel Neumark Cargo ship For Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft
Date unknown Canada Canada Cammell Laird Birkenhead Prince David ocean liner For Canadian National Railway
Date unknown  United Kingdom William Simons & Co. Ltd. Greenock Rietbok' Dredger For South African Railways.[50]
Date unknown  United States Navy General Engineering and Dry Dock Sebago Banff-class sloop For United States Navy
Date unknown  Germany Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Bremen Skolpenbank Fishing trawler For private owner
Date unknown  United Kingdom William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd Sunderland, Co Durham Stakesby Cargo ship For Rowland & Marwood Steamship Co Ltd
Date unknown  Norway Oslo Suderøy V Whaler
Date unknown  United Kingdom Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne Tafelberg Tanker For Kerguelen Sealing & Whaling Co.[51]
Date unknown  United States Veedol II Tanker For Tidewater Oil Co
Date unknown  United States Al Larson Los Angeles Vindicator Purse seiner
Date unknown  United States Nunes Brothers Sausalito Zaca Yacht

References

  1. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 393.
  2. ^ a b c d Hague 1993, p. 26
  3. ^ "William Wilberforce". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Genova". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Baron Napier". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Silvercypress". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Edward Blyden". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Macgregor Laird". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Celedonia". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Baron Erskine". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  11. ^ Whitley 2000, p. 97
  12. ^ "Silverwalnut". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  13. ^ "Prestatyn Rose". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  14. ^ "Alfred Jones". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  15. ^ "Warwick Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  16. ^ "Hamburgo". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  17. ^ "Anglesea Rose". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  18. ^ Hague 1993, p. 31
  19. ^ "Ebano". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  20. ^ "Silverteak". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  21. ^ "Medoc". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  22. ^ "Pomerol". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  23. ^ "Guayra". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  24. ^ "Silversandal". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  25. ^ "Ciudad de Corrientes". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  26. ^ "San Antonio". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  27. ^ "Chateau Larose". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  28. ^ a b c Whitley 2000, p. 99
  29. ^ "Laganbank". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  30. ^ "Chateau Pavie". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  31. ^ "San Diego". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  32. ^ "Ganges". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  33. ^ "San Francisco". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  34. ^ "Maurice Rose". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  35. ^ "Somali". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  36. ^ "Dennis Rose". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  37. ^ "Cuidad de Concepcion". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  38. ^ "San Jose". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  39. ^ a b Hague 1993, p. 32
  40. ^ "San Mateo". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  41. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 476–77.
  42. ^ "Rockabill". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  43. ^ "San Pedro". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  44. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 465.
  45. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 46.
  46. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 469.
  47. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 106.
  48. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 395.
  49. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 460.
  50. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 352.
  51. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 389–90.
Sources
Categories